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Note from Mom and Dad on Christmas:

This is for those of you who have asked what (we want for) the kids for Christmas so here goes:

Please help us in raising children who know what this holiday is really about. Help us to balance the wants with the needs and present them with what will help them to grow in a way we would want them to go. Let’s bring in toys that are responsible – even in this small way our monies will shape their future, both in where the money goes and what it brings home to them.

Ideas:

Cotton clothes, practical for playing in, Luke in sizes 18M and up and Kelsea in size 4T.
Books! Or Magazines like “Ladybug”, “Wild Animal Baby” or “Little Kids National Geographic”
Memberships to places we can take them to visit year round, like an Annual State Park Pass, Selby Gardens or the Children's Garden.
Waldorf or Montessori style toys – toys that are real things (musical instruments, gardening tools, art supplies) or that encourage creative play (play food/dishes, cloth baby doll, wooden blocks and cars).

Stocking ideas: Lara bars, Aura Cacia or California Baby soaps, boiron care kits, toothbrushes, poufs/washclothes.

A few things Kelsea specifically would like: a tea set (oompa has some nice ones), a family for her doll house, produce for her kitchen, and wooden beads to make her own necklaces.

Luke would like additions to the band (particularly things to blow on - harmonica, recorder) more wooden vehicles, and his first Brio train set.

These websites are great for ideas: http://oompa.com/, http://www.willowtreetoys.com/, http://www.threesisterstoys.com/, http://www.earthchildonline.com/. Locally Toy Lab, Funtoysia, and Learning Express all carry these types of toys.

And to avoid as much as possible: Plastic, Batteries, Magnets, Characters, “Made in China”!

Thank you so much for asking, and Thank you again for respecting our wishes.

Much Love and Wishes for a Merry Christmas!

The Adams Family